Synonyms for savage
ˈsæv ɪdʒsav·age

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1. savage

   Whatever is not civilized is barbarian; barbaric indicates rude magnificence, uncultured richness; as, barbaric splendor, a barbaric melody. Barbarous refers to the worst side of barbarian life, and to revolting acts, especially of cruelty, such as a civilized man would not be expected to do; as, a barbarous deed. We may, however, say barbarous nations, barbarous tribes, without implying anything more than want of civilization and culture. Savage is more distinctly bloodthirsty than barbarous. In this sense we speak of a savage beast and of barbarous usage.

   Synonyms:
   atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, brutal, cruel, inhuman, merciless, rude, uncivilized, uncouth, untamed

   Antonyms:
   civilized, courtly, cultured, delicate, elegant, graceful, humane, nice, polite, refined, tender, urbane

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1. savage

   Synonyms:
   ferocious, ferine, wild, uncultivated, untamed, untaught, uncivilized, unpolished, rude, brutish, brutal, heathenish, barbarous, cruel, fierce, inhuman, truculent, pitiless, merciless, murderous, violent, malevolent

   Antonyms:
   mild, docile, domesticated, tame, tractable, meek, timid, shrinking, cultivated, tamed, taught, civilized, educated, refined, christianized, polished, humane, generous, chivalrous, merciful, clement, forbearing, courtly, subdued, self-controlled

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1. savage, barbariannoun

   a member of an uncivilized people

   Synonyms:
   tyke, peasant, brute, wildcat, barbarian, beast, wolf, churl, boor, tike

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, tamed, civilized, civilised, humane, tame

2. beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcatadjective

   a cruelly rapacious person

   Synonyms:
   wildcat well, masher, skirt chaser, fauna, animal, animate being, beast, wildcat, brute, woman chaser, wolf, barbarian, creature

   Antonyms:
   civilised, tame, nonviolent, civilized, humane, tamed

3. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, viciousadjective

   (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

   "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

   Synonyms:
   wild, uncivilized, fierce, deplorable, reprehensible, fell, beastly, unrelenting, venomous, criminal, brute(a), condemnable, roughshod, barbaric, evil, feral, cruel, poisonous, barbarous, vicious, furious, ferocious, barbarian, heavy-handed, brutish, bestial, brutal, ferine, uncivilised

   Antonyms:
   humane, tamed, civilized, nonviolent, tame, civilised

4. feral, ferine, savageadjective

   wild and menacing

   "a pack of feral dogs"

   Synonyms:
   wild, fierce, fell, furious, roughshod, barbaric, feral, cruel, barbarous, vicious, ferocious, barbarian, uncivilized, uncivilised, brutal, ferine

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, civilised, humane, tame, civilized, tamed

5. barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wildadjective

   without civilizing influences

   "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"

   Synonyms:
   raging, brutal, gaga, violent, dotty, untamed, unfounded, ferocious, fierce, cruel, tempestuous, fell, roughshod, ferine, godforsaken, uncivilised, hazardous, uncivilized, waste, baseless, risky, angry, idle, wild, fantastic, groundless, feral, vicious, crazy, raving mad, barbarian, barbaric, furious, unwarranted, barbarous

   Antonyms:
   tame, tamed, nonviolent, civilized, civilised, humane

6. ferocious, fierce, furious, savageverb

   marked by extreme and violent energy

   "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

   Synonyms:
   angered, rough, trigger-happy, uncivilized, barbarous, angry, cutthroat, infuriated, tempestuous, furious, raging, violent, fell, fierce, barbaric, feral, cruel, enraged, vehement, maddened, ferocious, roughshod, tearing, boisterous, barbarian, uncivilised, bowelless, vicious, brutal, ferine, wild

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, civilised, tamed, civilized, tame, humane

7. savageverb

   attack brutally and fiercely

   Synonyms:
   pillory, crucify, blast

   Antonyms:
   civilised, humane, civilized, tamed, nonviolent, tame

8. savage, blast, pillory, crucifyverb

   criticize harshly or violently

   "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

   Synonyms:
   crucify, dun, bedevil, subdue, gibbet, shoot, blare, pillory, nail, mortify, rag, boom, knock down, frustrate, shell, torment, blast, smash

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, tamed, tame, civilised, humane, civilized

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1. savageadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncultivated (as a forest), wild, rough, sylvan

2. savageadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncivilized (like an inhabitant of the woods), untaught, rude, barbarous, unpolished, bearish

3. savageadjective

   Synonyms:
   untamed, fierce, ferocious, rapacious, ravenous, ferine, sanguinary, blood-thirsty

4. savageadjective

   Synonyms:
   inhuman, brutal, brutish, brute, cruel, fell, remorseless, pitiless, unmerciful, ruthless, merciless, heathenish, relentless, hard-hearted, sanguinary, bloody, vandalic

5. savagenoun

   Synonyms:
   barbarian

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1. savageadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncivilized, barbarous, ferocious, ravenous, fierce, untamed, brutal, fell, truculent, implacable, atrocious, ferocious, inhuman

2. savagenoun

   Synonyms:
   barbarian, cannibal

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1. List of paraphrases for "savage":

   wild, brutal, barbaric, sauvage, cruel, barbarous, ruthless, wilderness, savagery, brutality, wild-type, ferocious, unbridled, fierce, feral, uncontrolled

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1. List of known nicknames for "Savage":

   D. Savelio, Demi Savelio, Demetrius Savelio

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1. Thomas Huxley:

   Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.

2. Plutarch:

   No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

3. Bruno Lefebvre:

   It's mostly people from outside who talk about racism, anti-black sentiment. At Ath, we never considered 'the Savage' to be a racist figure, it is rather a character that the inhabitants of Ath adore... when one get a kiss from 'the Savage', we have good luck all the year ahead.

4. Sophocles:

   Someone asked Sophocles, How do you feel now about sex Are you able to have a woman He replied, Hush man most gladly indeed am I rid off it all, as though I had escaped from a mad and savage master.

5. Ben Carson:

   I don’t savage anybody, from their perspective, they’re doing what people want, even though people don’t know what they want. It doesn’t necessarily make them horrible, evil people.